my first photo

why not start with the first photo i ever took. i was probably 7. hell yes it was a polaroid. i fell in love instantly (get it?).

this is mom and dad. we had been given this camera for free if i remember correctly... for going to look at a timeshare opportunity. It was an "incentive giveaway". It had a rainbow strap and i thought it was the most high tech thing there ever was. I remember being honored to be given an opportunity to actually take a photograph. Such responsiblity. You can measure that responsibility by the look of uncertainty on their faces.

I'm six and i'm holding the incentive, aiming it at my parents, trying to prove to the world that i am capable.

It would be another 20 years before i would even recognize this pattern...